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SALEM, S.D. (WNAX) – Representative Kent Peterson of Salem has been elected Majority Leader of the Republican caucus for the 2021 South Dakota legislative session. He says he has had interest in leadership for several years. There will be 62 Republicans members of the House in the session. There have been some internal disagreements among… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The drought conditions in South Dakota have reached “extreme” status once again, exasperated by dry conditions and high wind speeds. RCFD Public Information Officer Tessa Jaeger says Rapid City and the black hills experiences a “fire year” instead of a single season. Jaeger said high fire danger is nothing new… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Hopes for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic were raised again yesterday with news that the vaccine being developed by Moderna was 94 percent effective. Jerry Webber of Yankton and her husband are part of the Moderna vaccine trial. She says they will be in the test for many more months.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is hosting the Central Park Tree Lighting on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. The Tree Lighting will occur at 6 p.m. In addition to the tree lighting there will be free hot chocolate, a photo booth and giveaway prizes. Central… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s active COVID cases went up by 485, there with 22 more hospitalizations and no new deaths according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 1,006 new confirmed cases and 521 recoveries, moving the active infections to 18,624. There are currently 582 people… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say an elderly Sioux Falls man was tricked out of about $550,000 in a phone scam. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says a man claiming to be with the Internal Revenue Service called the victim and told him that drugs were found in a car he owned. The 82-year-old man… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The largest city in South Dakota, Sioux Falls, appears ready to reverse course and pass a mask mandate. Enforcement measures were taken out of the ordinance. Medical groups are warning that hospitals have exceeded capacity dealing with COVID-19 patients. Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken, who cast a tie-breaking vote against… Read more »
DOLAND, S.D. (Press Release) – BASEC (Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community) is currently accepting applications for short-term emergency loans for homeowners within the BASEC geographic area. “We have these funds available to provide financing in emergency situations for homeowners in our area that have an existing or previous mortgage with BASEC,” BASEC Executive Director Amy… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This weekend’s “Murder at the Carp Society” mystery dinner theater scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20-21 at the Elks Lodge has been canceled to the coronavirus. For those who have already purchased tickets, you can contact Georgia Smith at 380-9743 to obtain a refund.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This year’s annual Aberdeen Home Builders Association event will feature a different name and look. There will be an emphasis on lanscaping as part of the Home & Garden Experience, during the event March 5-7 at the Brown County Fairgrounds. Darin Beckius, co-chair of the event, talked about the changes. Austin… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Rapid City area school district is closing all schools and moving to virtual instruction because of the surge in coronavirus cases in South Dakota. The school district sent an email to families Monday night saying distance learning for its 25 schools will begin Wednesday. The email says the district… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – With two months of revenue yet to be reported in 2020, Aberdeen continues to mark new sales tax milestones. As of the newly released October sales tax report, Aberdeen sales tax receipts were $3 million ahead of 2019. That report showed a 19.96% increase compared to October 2019,… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — For years, Watertown city officials have talked about the need for a new City Hall. On Monday night, they announced they’ve found it in a deal that came squarely out of left field. It was the culmination of closely guarded negotiations that have been in the works for a year according… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — The approval of medicinal and recreational marijuana in South Dakota by voters this month is creating some big challenges moving ahead for the state’s law enforcement agencies that have police K-9 programs. Watertown has two police dogs that are trained to hit on six controlled substances–one of which is marijuana. But… Read more »
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (WNAX) – Now that South Dakota voters have legalized recreational and medicinal marijuana, there will be a scramble for the legislature and local governments to figure out the rules before the laws go into effect next July 1. The State of Colorado legalized marijuana sales in 2014. Ginny Sawyer is a Project… Read more »
